Watch: Ever wonder how they test ejection seats? With rocket trains, of course

Having to eject from an aircraft is never a good day — even when everything goes well. The human body just isn’t designed to withstand the sort of punishment a fighter pilot experiences when he or she makes the decision to ditch, but thanks to a great deal of research and experimentation, humanity has somehow […]

Watch: Aggressor A-4 runs for the hills as an F-22 hunts it down

No one would contend that the long dated A-4 Skyhawk is a reasonable match for America’s best air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor, but U.S. pilots need experience contending with a wide variety of opponent aircraft — including dated platforms like those employed by many national militaries. That sort of training is why the U.S. […]

Watch: Reporter almost loses her head to a landing Russian Tu-160 bomber

Ever gotten a little too excited at work? Maybe you had a few too many hard ciders at the Christmas party and belted out a history-making rendition of “Pour Some Sugar on Me” with the Karaoke machine — sure, it was embarrassing, but at least you didn’t almost lose your head. The same can’t be […]

Watch: Ride along as SpaceX rocket’s dizzying descent ends in failure

There are two things you could never accuse SpaceX of being shy about: trying new things, and sharing intense footage of their failures. Last September, SpaceX founder Elon Musk shared a “highlight” reel of some of the most spectacular failures the company had along its path to becoming one of the most prominent private space […]

Watch: 25 F-117 Nighthawks flyover in a massive formation

In the era of F-35s, F-22s and B-21s, stealth technology has continued to advance and envelope an even greater portion of America’s airborne war fighting apparatus — but not too long ago, America’s stealth aircraft (and their capabilities) remains a closely guarded secret. The Nighthawk’s angular design is actually a product of the limited computational […]

Watch: Aggressor A-4 runs for the hills as an F-22 hunts it down

No one would contend that the long dated A-4 Skyhawk is a reasonable match for America’s best air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor, but U.S. pilots need experience contending with a wide variety of opponent aircraft — including dated platforms like those employed by many national militaries. That sort of training is why the U.S. […]

Watch: Ride along as SpaceX rocket’s dizzying descent ends in failure

There are two things you could never accuse SpaceX of being shy about: trying new things, and sharing intense footage of their failures. Last September, SpaceX founder Elon Musk shared a “highlight” reel of some of the most spectacular failures the company had along its path to becoming one of the most prominent private space […]

Watch: B-1 Lancer Bomber night takeoff in full afterburner

Manufactured by Rockwell, the B-1 Lancer bomber, affectionately known as the ‘Bone’ is a four engine supersonic aircraft with variable swept wings. The B-1 was originally thought to be a replacement for the B-52 Stratofortress. It entered service in 1986 as a nuclear bomber before being permanently converted for use only with conventional ordnance in […]